 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...tranfmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the worldt One of thefe is the ery againft the evil Pf - . of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of build^ ings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...characterized his social, life. MXL MR. [ 25 J MR. SHERIDAN. IT has been justly remarked by Dr. Johnson that, " many things, which are false, are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the •world." This observation may be applied to the different memoirs of Mr. Sheridan, which have been published.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...remember this remark of Sir Thomas Brown's, ' Do the devils lie? No; for then Hell could not subsist.'" " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...luxury of buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the onej than of the error of the other.—JOHNSON.. " Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime, if he were inclined to it."—A general Officer asked him, what he thought of the spirit of infidelity, which was so prevalent.—/.... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 810 pages
...very few." Hosnvcll's Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 219. On another occasion, this great man said: " Many things which are false, are transmitted from...that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of the buildings in London ; does it not produce real advantage hi the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the errour of the other. JOHNSON. " Sir, I agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." 4J "Many things which are false are transmitted 1775. from book to book, and gain credit in the world.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the error of the other. Johnson. Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel would be guilty of...false are transmitted from book to book, and gain creHit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the error of the other. — JOHNSON. " Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime, if he were inclined to it." — A general Officer asked him, what he thought of the spirit of infidelity, which was so prevalent.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...of the one, than of the error" of the other. Johnson. Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel wouíd be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it."...London. Does it not produce real advantage' in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...enlogy : ' Sir, we could not have had a better dinner had there been a synod of cooks.' " He said, " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...London ; does it not produce real advantage in the conreniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
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Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth, is that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London. 
